By: Hanif Khalid ISLAMABAD: It has been decided that the Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs) of those National Tax Number (NTN) holders who are not filing tax returns will be blocked. The individuals and associations of persons are supposed to file their annual income returns by the end of the current month while companies are […]
Karachi: Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah expressed his serious concerns over the resurgence of target killings in the city while presiding over a meeting of high-ranking officials on Thursday. The meeting was convened to take stock of the security situation and devise an effective strategy to improve law and order. Shah, who is also in-charge […]
ISLAMABAD: National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said 375 people died and about five million have been affected in Pakistan due to monsoon rains. According to the report of a news channel, the NDMA is providing relief to these people affected due to heavy rains and floods in their areas. The rehabilitation work is being carried […]
SUKKUR: The government as well as its humanitarian departments have failed in providing quick and adequate relief to the districts of Sindh that were worst affected by recent floods. Millions of displaced people are still without shelter, and diseases are taking lives of 15 to 20 people every day in the province. These facts were […]
Having returned to Geneva after its visit to Pakistan, the two-member mission representing the United Nations Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) has made some tough recommendations in a preliminary report. The full report is to be submitted to the UN Human Rights Council in 2013. The UN mission is alarmed at what […]
LAHORE: Construction of new dams is need of the hour as it will not only lessen the flood water destructions but also storage surplus water, which could be used both for energy generation and irrigation. These views were expressed by discussants in Jang Economic Session on ‘Recent rains, floods and its impacts on economy”, held […]
Well-known human rights campaigner Ansar Burney has termed as regrettable the unauthorised use of his profile by a Pakistani “community awards” company in London. Burney, who is visiting Pakistani areas affected by riots recently, told The News that he was shocked when he found that his picture, name and words had been used endorsing community […]
KARACHI: At least three people were shot dead in sectarian attacks and two on political grounds in different areas on Thursday that witnessed a total of nine killings only a day after a dozen of people were gunned down in separate incidents of firing across the city. The rising wave of shootings came as a […]
By: M. SOHAIB ALI They say there is misuse of the media all around and it should never have been allowed to be so strong and verbal and free and independent. Or come to think of it, we say the mobile has its misuse and, therefore, it is a menace. Any new technology item provides […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court warned Attorney General Irfan Qadir on Thursday against interrupting court proceedings and said such conduct was not conducive to the administration of justice. The warning came during the hearing of a set of petitions regarding media accountability initiated at the behest of some television anchors. A two-judge bench comprising Justice Jawwad […]
By: Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: After having remained silent during three years of self-imposed exile, Balochistan’s former chief minister Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal finally spoke his mind in the Supreme Court on Thursday and described enforced disappearances as the real cause of the current unrest in Balochistan. “Why should not we divorce peacefully rather than seeking […]
By: Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: On a written directive of the Supreme Court registrar, Islamabad police started contacting the TV anchorpersons who recently hosted interviews with Senator Faisal Raza Abidi in which the firebrand PPP leader passed highly critical remarks against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. A letter titled “Probe into some biased TV programmes against […]
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